Why field hands have diarrhea, and not have sanitary facilities is another policy problem.
But organic or non-organic has nothing to do with folks dying because of fecal splashing.
/johnny
The fecal matter is not just from the field hands and is usually from animal feces besides that, washing in a chlorine solution is not organic. In fact the green weenies wish to see the use of chlorine banned.
50 ppm of sodium hypochlorite would be 2 tablespoons of laundry bleach per gallon of water.
I often wash produce with a dab of dish soap, just enough to suds a little then rinsed till suds are gone. The soap emulsifies oil based contaminants and allows them to be flushed off the surface with water. Bleach might not be able to touch anything that is in an oil based medium, but bleaching after washing is probably overkill.
Vegetarians show us the horrors of what goes on in chicken coops, slaughterhouses, and pig farms hoping that we will stop eating meat.
This news of yours puts me right off vegetables for good.
Using poop to grow things in a modern world doesn’t make sense. I would never eat organic melons...
I know not everyone follows the law but they are required to have sanitary facilities.
I wash the tomatoes and vegetables from my own garden that way and with soapy water.
In my little town, every summer the mosquito spraying truck comes by and that crap settles on the tomatoes. I'm told it's not harmful for humans to eat but no thanks anyway.
All produce from the grocery store is treated that way but head lettuce is difficult. I strip the outer layer from that and throw it away.
do you think that eating packaged pre-washed lettuce is ok to eat without washing?